Scientists from IBM's Almaden Research Center have developed magnetic resonance (MRI) technology that allows imaging objects at the nano level ● According to Dan Roeger, director of nanotechnology at IBM's Almaden Research Center, the new development marks a "milestone and demonstrates how the principles of MRI can be integrated into scanning microscopic"
Thomas Cleburne, InformationWeek
IBM announced a technological breakthrough that makes it possible to simulate objects at the nano level. The new technology may help in the development of powerful drugs and advanced integrated circuits. Scientists from IBM's Almaden research center have developed a magnetic resonance (MRI) technology that allows imaging objects at the nano level. According to Dan Roeger, director of nanotechnology at the research center, the new development marks "a milestone and demonstrates how the principles of MRI can be integrated into microscopic scanning."
Although the final goal - the production of a microscope that allows one to view individual atoms in XNUMXD - will only be achieved "in a few years", according to Ruger, the very ability to use MRI technology at the nano level is a significant achievement.
MRI, according to Roger, "is a great technology, but until now it has suffered from a significant disadvantage of lack of sensitivity." IBM researchers have now succeeded in using the technology to simulate objects with a size of 90 nanometers in two dimensions (a nanometer is a unit of measurement that represents one billionth of a meter).
Future developments in the field of XNUMXD imaging at the atomic level will allow scientists, Roger promises, to better understand the structure of the protein and its functions, in order to develop more effective drugs and advanced materials.
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